Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
off fifteen
English answer:
(just) off the road numbered '15'
English term
Russian Federation
Professional interpreting/translation
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to English, and 1 more.
off fifteen
Apr 23, 2020 16:02: Tony M Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher
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(just) off the road numbered '15'
As for 'fifteen', it all depends a bit on what country this is from and how they express road numbers; presumably the person talking assumes that the listener is familiar enough with local geography to know what they are referring to... I wouldn't expect to hear it expressed this way in EN-GB: we would likely use a definite article: "that nice little thatched pub on the A35", or even, if both parties knew the area well: "that nice little thatched pub on the '35". But I know that in the US for example, they don't tend to use the article: "That bar on the corner of Broadway and 42nd" — which makes me think this is possibly a US text?
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There's certainly a place called 'East Lyme' in Connecticut, USA.
However, I can't find any road with a '15' in its number in the vicinity, nor any 'Fifteenth Street', for example.
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Lydia De Jorge
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Thanks, Lydia!
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philgoddard
: Expressing it as a word rather than a number is a mistake. And no, I couldn't find a 15 in East Lyme, CT either.
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Thanks, Phil! That's what made me think perhaps of 'Fifteenthe St' etc. — we'd never say 'Route Sixty-Six', would we?!
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Yvonne Gallagher
: it's a novel! It doesn't have to be a real address, so no need to look for a road called that!
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Thanks, Yvonne! Well no, but it would have helped clear up the mystery ;-)
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Tina Vonhof (X)
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Thanks, Tina!
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Katya Kesten
: I think it's off Route 15 but we'd (US) use an article if it was a freeway (off the 405, the 10).
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Thanks, Katya!
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AllegroTrans
: As Yvonne says, it's probably all fictional and in any case the translator presumably has a certain dgree of poetic licence to translate this to something culturally comprehensible to speakers of the target language
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Thanks, C!
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Sarah Simmonds
: could be highway 15, interstate 15, route 15, etc.
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Thanks, Sarah!
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The one house out off a group of fifteen houses
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MPGS
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Natalia Potashnik
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Tony M
: If it were 'one of fifteen', that might be plausible; but with 'off', no way
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Lydia De Jorge
: Agree with Tony M. It would be 'of' not 'off'.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: The word is "OFF", not (out) "OF"
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AllegroTrans
: not "out off" which isn't English
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